Around Scottdale and Everson

by Paul E. Eckman, Scottdale Historical Society, Tom Zwierzelewski

Book Overview

From early homesteads to coke ovens to Lake Forest Park and the YMCA, journey through over 200 years of Scottsdale and Everson's history in this photographic tale.

Prior to the Great Depression, coal mines and coke ovens made Scottdale the wealthiest community in Westmoreland County. Once part of a region that was known as the world's largest producer of metallurgical coke, the area's prosperity created a thriving business district...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738592595
• ISBN13: 9780738592596
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.4" x 9.1"